A delegation from the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development visited the Brazilian Elephant Sanctuary to learn about the sanitary and infrastructure conditions of the establishment to which Mara, who lived most of her life in captivity in the Buenos Aires zoo, was transferred.
The tour was carried out with personnel from the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources, which has the power to supervise at the local level.through a delegation headed by the Argentine Secretary of Environmental Control and Monitoring, Sergio Federovisky.
The objective of the visit, which ended on Thursday, was “to survey in situ the characteristics of the facilities of the establishment located in Mato Grosso and the sanitary conditions in which the animals that are housed there are found,” reported the Ministry of Environment. .
The elephant Marta had been transferred from the Buenos Aires Ecopark in May 2020 to the sanctuary in Brazil.
“Hence, it was essential to take direct knowledge of the vital conditions that these animals could have,” they indicated from the Ministry in a statement.
They also reported that After the inspection, the agents of the Argentine control body received training provided by the Brazilian control body on international cooperation in the fight against illegal wildlife trafficking.
